Saturday

13th March - Law News

Edition 3364: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.   

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: UK-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca insisted on Friday its coronavirus vaccine was safe, after some countries suspended its use in response to concerns about a potential link to blood clots. "An analysis of our safety data of more than 10 million records has shown no evidence of an increased risk of pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis in any defined age group, gender, batch or in any particular country" from the jab, a company spokesperson said.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • High court rejects bid to extend UK's EU settlement scheme https://t.co/mKrGRsUfyf
  • Hedge fund boss Crispin Odey not guilty of indecent assault, judge rules https://t.co/MX0tPh15m6 
  • The Guardian view on violence against women: without safety, there can be no equality https://t.co/YGaFVJ45OD
  • Controversial hate crime bill passed at Holyrood - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tO748R1Ruq
  • FAI findings released a decade after fatal accident - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WzZKcAkfKI
  • Outer House judge refuses to overturn expulsion of three members from historic Aberdeen porters’ society - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dbgdlwd35y
  • A serving Met Police officer, Wayne Couzens, 48, has been charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard, who disappeared as she walked home in south London. He will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Saturday https://t.co/MXLO9RTPr4 
  • Endemic violence against women is causing a wave of anger https://t.co/zmjIewGNjs 
  • Richard Burton trending so I thought I'd share Dylan Thomas' 'Under Milkwood', featuring the great man: https://t.co/KcEhkyl6lQ 
  • Equalities Minister Liz Truss says the government will bring forward plans to ban gay conversion therapy "shortly" https://t.co/zgcnhCLlBJ 
  • The city of Minneapolis has reached a $27m settlement with the family of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died at the hands of police last May #US https://t.co/NW03J4CrBt 
  • Shoreham sea deaths: Skipper David Marr jailed over trio's drowning https://t.co/1xxHemJPKQ 
  • Exits slow as staff morale rises rapidly at Legal Ombudsman - Legal Futures https://t.co/Lw7tluFNDQ 
  • Solicitor who "juggled" client funds struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/jEpn7dL63x
  • The Duchess of Sussex has complained to Ofcom about Piers Morgan's comments about her on Good Morning Britain, the UK broadcast regulator has confirmed https://t.co/0B7Hw9MjCD 
  • Senior board to monitor diversity at Osborne Clarke | Law Gazette https://t.co/mf1VoSRfIy 
  • CrowdJustice founder raises £5m for spin-out lawtech business - Legal Futures https://t.co/F8TQGMiKPa
  • BBC Chairman, former Goldman Sachs banker, Richard Sharp, had Donated Over £400,000 to the Conservative Party https://t.co/XPHI4Tns1w
  • A former prisoner has been convicted of planning an Islamic State-inspired sword attack. Sahayb Abu, 27, was found guilty by a jury of preparing an act of terrorism and will be sentenced on 9 April https://t.co/SALQzQgcfk
  • PI innovator ready to handle whiplash portal claims ‘from day one’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/eMIZStUoCl
  • RT @Shaharudinali: Who can protect Parliament better than the UK Supreme Court? https://t.co/XFIVKgYCU4
  • At 4.56pm on a spring afternoon, countless women in the UK were being harassed on the street. It turns out I was one of them https://t.co/GM2WrPn9fF 
  • Student work placements at NatWest Group for SEMLA members - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/n5wu0lUm45
  • Leon Briggs killing: The way in which police officers restrained a father-of-two contributed "more than minimally" to his death, an inquest jury found https://t.co/YoT1JpQ7uR
  • Organisers of Reclaim These Streets, a vigil in response to the death of Sarah Everard are going to the High Court after police said gatherings would be "unlawful" https://t.co/QqAYA9BJHO 
  • A body that was found during the search for Sarah Everard has been confirmed by police as hers. The 33-year-old marketing executive disappeared as she walked home in south London last week. A serving Met officer remains in custody https://t.co/N2eKea7vR0
  • ‘It was asking for a lot’ - Ombudsman cuts budget increase demands | Law Gazette https://t.co/zN5nYWWiBY
  • Critically endangered flapper skate to gain protection - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/F47xNMCRZA
  • 'Kicking the can down the road': eviction ban extended | Law Gazette https://t.co/QNeyEU9eqv 
  • The problem with rape culture in #Australian schools https://t.co/gL1i1Vghcu 
  • The migrant crisis in the Mediterranean: A multidimensional challenge for the European Union | RUDN Journal of Sociology and CONCEPCION ANGUITA OLMEDO https://t.co/TD67pKOSk5 
  • Richard McMeeken: Success fees in Scotland - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WzmdY0xKxP 
  • There are contamination fears after sports fields in an "overdeveloped" town were flooded with sewage four times in as many months. Penallta RFC are opposing Caerphilly council's plans to uproot the club and move it across Ystrad Mynach https://t.co/CM95If79nh
  • Scotland Yard is to be investigated over its handling of an allegation of indecent exposure against the officer suspected of murdering Sarah Everard https://t.co/zHv5Q9vji8
  • Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman has been found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011 "knowing or believing" it was to help dope a rider https://t.co/78Uv7eOhsX
  • A public inquiry has been announced into plans for the first new deep coal mine in the UK for decades https://t.co/Wsd2BxUOg2
  • Rules on meeting people outdoors in Scotland have been relaxed. Up to four adults from two different households are now able to meet in any outdoor space - including in private gardens https://t.co/sXu5K67lhG
  • Proposal for new housing bill to be published next week - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5kD0QMwSpv 
  • Cut office space? We want more, says leading city centre firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/u8k3E6fkSX
  • Campaigners warn against impending assault on right to protest - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6NSTXOzOAx
  • Suicidal judge who exposed racism, bullying and cuts in justice system wins settlement - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QtRyh4CVmc
  • Going to the hairdresser, playing a round of golf and meeting friends in your garden are all set to become legal again in Wales. The Welsh Government has announced a relaxation of lockdown rules, with the first coming into effect on Saturday https://t.co/wGNkjPeFHL
  • MSPs approve Scotland's controversial hate crime law - https://t.co/DTQpL5Ep5s